{"id":431302,"date":"2022-04-13T18:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/metaverse-developers-will-fork-over-half-their-profits-to-facebook-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-04-13T18:26:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:26:00","slug":"metaverse-developers-will-fork-over-half-their-profits-to-facebook-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/metaverse-developers-will-fork-over-half-their-profits-to-facebook-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Metaverse Developers Will Fork Over Half Their Profits to Facebook \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2917fb49dd5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2917fb49dd5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/metaverse-developers-will-fork-over-half-their-profits-to-facebook-review-geek\/#%E2%80%9CMetaverse_Developers_Will_Fork_Over_Half_Their_Profits_to_Facebook_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Metaverse Developers Will Fork Over Half Their Profits to Facebook \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMetaverse_Developers_Will_Fork_Over_Half_Their_Profits_to_Facebook_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Metaverse Developers Will Fork Over Half Their Profits to Facebook \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-114933 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/04\/798c471f.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/04\/798c471f.jpg?width=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2022\/04\/798c471f.jpg?width=1200\" alt=\"metaverse Mark Zuckerberg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-credittext=\"Meta\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Meta<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meta, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, is testing virtual sales and digital goods inside its new Metaverse platform called Horizon Worlds. And while this is an essential first step, we have bad <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for developers. Meta\u2019s fees will take nearly half of your profit from each sale.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/blog\/testing-new-tools-for-horizon-worlds-creators-to-earn-money\/\">Oculus blog post<\/a>, the company said\u00a0it\u2019s testing virtual sales in Horizon Worlds, where players can buy digital goods, including NFTs, clothing, accessories, and more for the digital world. Then, in another <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2022\/04\/testing-creator-monetization-horizon-worlds\/\">creator monetization blog post<\/a>, Meta expanded on the plan\u00a0but didn\u2019t explain fees or how much it\u2019d take from each transaction.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Meta confirmed to both <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/04\/13\/meta-plans-to-take-a-nearly-50percent-cut-on-nft-sales-in-its-metaverse.html\">CNBC<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/meta-metaverse-charges-creators-47-percent-sales-fee-cut-zuckerberg-2022-4\">Business Insider<\/a> that it plans to take a 47.5% cut of each digital transaction. Ouch. To make matters worse, Meta recently criticized <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le and Google over its 30% cut on sales but is essentially doing the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the breakdown.\u00a0Meta charges a hardware platform fee of 30% for any sale on Meta (Oculus) Quest VR systems, which is just as bad as Apple\u2019s fee. But, then, the company has an additional 25% fee it\u2019ll charge on the remaining balance (after the Quest fee) inside Metaverse platforms like Horizon Worlds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a creator sells an item for $1.00, then the Meta Quest Store fee would be $0.30, and the Horizon Platform fee would be $0.17 (25% of the remainder), leaving $0.53 for the Creator before any applicable taxes,\u201d a Meta spokesperson told Business Insider.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, Meta will get nearly half of the transaction, and after taxes, developers aren\u2019t seeing much of the $1.00 purchase inside Facebook\u2019s digital world.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth mentioning that there is a silver lining here, sort of. Eventually, Meta plans to expand the Horizon Worlds metaverse to other platforms, like iOS, Android, and more. When that happens, those platforms will take whatever fee it has in place, and Meta will only collect the 25% Horizon Worlds fee.<\/p>\n<p>So, technically, developers could earn more on sales when the metaverse reaches other platforms, but we\u2019ll have to wait and see. Either way, developers will have to decide if those fees are worth testing and building for a new platform.<\/p>\n<p><small>via <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2022\/04\/13\/meta-cut-on-purchases-despite-apple-complaints\/\">MacRumors<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nsetTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1137093656460433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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